The Medicinal Herb Info site was created to help educate visitors about the often forgotten wisdom of the old ways of treating illnesses. Many of today's drugs and medicines were originally derived from natural ingredients, combinations of plants and other items found in nature.

We are not suggesting that you ignore the help of trained medical professionals, simply that you have additional options available for treating illnesses. Often the most effective treatment involves a responsible blend of both modern and traditional treatments.

Larkspur is an annual plant; it has a slender taproot that produces the leafy, branching stem growing to a height of 2-4 feet and bears both petioled and sessile, finely divided leaves. The blue or purple flowers feature a spur projecting backward from the upper part and grow in terminal racemes from June to August.

Another variety: Red larkspur (D. nudicaule), also known as sleep root. Root has narcotic properties, which are made use of in causing an opponent to become stupid in gambling. Tea from root. Back to Top